Female assassins eliminate Kim’s brother

Police have released CCTV images from Kuala Lumpur airport showing a possile suspect in Kim Jong-nam’s death

Malaysian police are waiting for the results of a post-mortem examination on the body of Kim Jong-nam, half-brother of North Korean’s supreme leader, to identify the liquid that killed him at Kuala Lumpur airport.

He was travelling on a false passport, but Fadzil Ahmat, a senior assistant commissioner of the Malaysian police, confirmed his identity. “The deceased is Kim Jong-nam,” he said, adding that Malaysian police officers would investigate the victim’s movements and question those he had met while in the country.

Kim Jong-nam, Kim Jong-un’s half brother, in 2001, when he was in semi-exileTOSHIFUMI KITAMURA/AFP/Getty Images

“We have also received a request for the body from the North Korean embassy,” he said. “However, we will perform the post-mortem before releasing it.”

Mr Kim was waiting to board a flight to Macau at about 9am on Monday when he was…

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